201. BARN AT PERRIÈRES (CALVADOS). END OF TWELFTH CENTURY. (AFTER CAUMONT)
Such barns were generally large three-aisled buildings, the central aisle divided from those on either side by an arcade, or pillars of wood or stone, which supported the pointed timber roof covering the whole.
201A. BARN AT PERRIÈRES. SECTION
201B. BARN AT PERRIÈRES. PLAN
In some of these barns it was the practice to pile wheat, barley, or rye in the centre and in one of the side aisles; in others the central aisle was kept free for passage, and the grain was stored in the sides.
The façades differ only in unimportant details. They consist of vast gable ends, following the lines of the roof, and strengthened by pilasters. A large doorway, with a small postern to the side of it, occupies the centre of the base, and the apex is pierced with narrow openings to light, or rather to ventilate, the interior.
Tithe-barns were very generally constructed on this plan. When large and important they had two stories, as at Provins.